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reached partly by chance and partly by effort. Our equal crimes shall equal fortune give. Dryden. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak. His father dying, he was driven to seek his fortune. Swift.

d other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.

not of the same parentage. -- Foster dam, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. Dryden. -- Foster earth, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. J. Philips. -- Foster father, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. Bacon. -- Foster land. (a) Land allotted for t…

ng no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water. Barren desert, fountainless and dry. Milton.

Freshness; coolness. [R.] Dryden.

Marked with freckles; spotted. "The freckled trout." Dryden. The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover. Shak.

lear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent. My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. Dryden.

n allusion to its black and white color)] (Zoöl.), the European great spotted woodpecker (Dryobstes major); -- called also wood pie. -- French polish. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or shellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface p…

To visit often; to resort to often or habitually. He frequented the court of Augustus. Dryden.

both for number and freshness of men. Hayward. And breathe the freshness of the open air. Dryden. Her cheeks their freshness lose and wonted grace. Granville.

angry; to utter peevish expressions. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.

One who entertains for another suo Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. Dryden. A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. xviii. 24.

ty; harmony; correspondence. [Obs.] Those colors . . . have a friendship with each other. Dryden.

causing sudden fear; to terrify; to scare. Nor exile or danger can fright a brave spirit. Dryden.

Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent. [Obs.] "Frontless vice." Dryden. "Frontless flattery." Pope.

To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. He . . . froths treason at his mouth. Dryden. Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more Tennyson.

ealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen brook. They warmed their frozen feet. Dryden.

Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune. "Frugal fare." Dryden.

To simmer; to boil. [Obs.] With crackling flames a caldron fries. Dryden The frothy billows fry. Spenser.

An exclamation of disgust; foh; faugh. Dryden.